Sucks.

This is exactly why Jan w/House Rabbit decided to go to vet school,and she 
is in her early 50's.

Allthe schoolsthat she applied to turned her down because of her age, except 
a school in the Bahamas.

Jan's a good person, very knowledgable about rabbits,cats & dogs.

Susan J. DuBose  >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
                                  "As Cleopatra lay in state,
                                   Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
                                   Purring welcomes of soft applause,
                                   Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
                                             Trajan Tennent




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: This is pretty interesting


It makes me want to become a vet and move to a rural area.

The Christ-Yoder thing, I mean.

Apparently the vets there will not work with them at all.  And I know
vets here charge up to $300 for a cat spay.

On 9/4/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know, I am sure that Christ Yoder is very hard pressed for money.
>
> If adopters were well informed prior to taking the cat, then it MIGHT not 
> be
> such a bad thing.
>
> There are so many people out there who have no idea about felv,the 
> adoption
> staff  @ a  "no test" shelter would really have to be informative for 
> every
> adopter.
>
> And yes, there are no guarantees,ofcourse, 3 months down the line.
>
>
> Susan J. DuBose  >^..^<
> www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
> www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
> www.shadowcats.net
>                                  "As Cleopatra lay in state,
>                                   Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
>                                   Purring welcomes of soft applause,
>                                   Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
>                                             Trajan Tennent
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: This is pretty interesting
>
>
> On 9/4/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes, I read the article,and their biggest reason was the cost.
> >
> > It's irresponsible to not test a cat prior to adoption, if nothing else,
> > you
> > will know it was neg/ neg @ the time of testing,can be retested later.
> >
> > So,if you are adopting out cats and charging a fee, what exactly would 
> > the
> > fee cover, besides surgery,(if even that?).
>
> Vaccinations, deworming, whatever has been done to the cat.  Some
> rural shelters can't afford surgery.  I was talking to the new
> director of Christ-Yoder at the TASC conference and she told me that
> she was trying to get local vets to donate just 4 low cost surgeries a
> month and was not having much luck with that. It was really sad.  But
> that's getting off the subject (and Christ-Yoder doesn't combo test
> either that I know of).
>
>
> >
> > Do you (not YOU Kelly) just say, "Well,folks, here is your kitty, it may
> > or
> > may not have felv or fiv.
> > We wouldn't know because we don't test for that here.
> > Feel free to have your new cat tested though.
> > Oh, and if it comes up positive you can talk to your vet about options?"
>
> It looks like what the places who opt not to test do is offer the
> option to the adopter to have the cat tested at the time of adoption.
> Or yes, the person could choose to take the cat to their vet if they
> wanted.
>
> We actually combo test all cats before adoption, but the frustrating
> thing about this disease to me is that one negative or positive test
> doesn't really seem to mean too much.
>
> AAFP standards call for testing a cat any time it becomes severely
> ill, regardless of previous test results.
>
> So really unless you are willing/financially able to retest all cats
> in your household every 6 months or so, you don't know what you have.
>
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